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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "barrister gaza" <barrister_gaza@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 14:56:26 +0100
Subject: WE NEED YOUR COMPLETE WINNING INFORMATIO....

FROM.BARRISTER.GAZA.
FUDICIARY/DELIVERY AGENT EL-GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA
SWEEPSTAKE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM.
TEL:=+62-85692729355.
+62-81932187893.
+62-21-30224554.
FAX= +6221-58902985.
OFFICE ADDR: NO17/18 GATOT SOEBROTO RAYA.
2ND FLOOR NO. 13 ANDRIANO BUILDING.
JAKARTA INDONESIA.

DEAR LUCKY WINNER,


WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS PROGRAM IS REAL AND NOT JOKE. IT IS
SPONSORED BY TWO WORLD KNOWN PROMINENT PERSONALITIES IN THE INTERNET
COMPUTER WORLD. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, SULTAN OF BRUNEI AND MR..BILL GATES OF
MICROSOFT, MANY OTHER PHILANTHROPISTS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATES TO ENCOURAGE
THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTER ,WORLDWIDE. ALL WINNERS ARE SELECTED
RANDOMLY THROUGH A COMPUTER AUTOMATED DRAW SYSTEM.

I AM YOUR ATTORNEY/FIDUCIARY AGENT WHOSE DUTY IT IS TO ENSURE THAT YOUR WON
CHEQUE OF USD$250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES OF
AMERICAN DOLLARS)ONLY WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THE
INFORMATION FROM YOU AND CONFIRM IT TO BE TRUE WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN THE FILE
ABOUT YOU WITHOUT DELAY.


ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO FORWARD YOUR DETAILED PERSONAL DATA / WINNING
INFORMATION CONTEND IN THE WINNING NOTICE SENT TO YOU FROM THE HEAD OFFICE
IN NETHERLANDS VIA THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS barrister_gaza@hotmail.com TO
BARRISTER.GAZA {Esq}


YOUR PERSONAL DATA / WINNING INFORMATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING :-



1. NAME.

2. ADDRESS.

3. OCCUPATION.

4. AGE.

5. REFERENCE NUMBER.

6. TICKET NUMBER.

7. BATCH NUMBER.

8. SERIAL NUMBER.

9. WINNING CATEGORY.

10. TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER.

11. E-MAIL ADDRESS

12 . NATIONALITY

THIS WILL ENHANCE OUR EFFICIENCY TO PROCESSING, RELEASING AND DELIVERING
YOUR WON CHEQUE TO YOUR SPECIFIED ADDRESS IN YOUR COUNTRY.

ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS!

YOURS SINCERELY,

BARRISTER_GAZA (Esq)

FIDUCIARY AGENT/ATTORNEY (Euro-Afro-Asia Sweepstakes
Lottery International Netherlands) in Jakarta Indonesia Payment Centre
NO. 17/18 GATOT SOEBROTO RAYA,KAV. 13
2ND FLOOR, ANDRIANO BUILDING,
JAKARTA INDONESIA.

PHONE : +6285692729355
E-MAIL: barrister_gaza@hotmail.com

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